James B. Rutter
Private Equity Investor at West Coast Investment Banking, Inc.
Profile
Mr. Rutter is a Managing Director with KBRO’s West Coast Investment Banking group in downtown San Francisco where he focuses on private placements, buy- and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, “take privates”, and initial and secondary public offerings for technology-related companies.
Before joining Kaufman Bros., Mr. Rutter served as Executive Vice President and Co-Founder of Square 1 Bank, a de novo commercial bank formed in 2005 to serve venture capital-backed emerging growth technology companies.
Prior to Square 1, he worked in venture capital and fund-of-funds investment management serving as President of Comerica Ventures and Comerica Capital Advisors and as President of Imperial Ventures and Imperial Creditcorp.
Mr. Rutter also co-founded and served as Senior Vice President of the Special Markets Group/Emerging Growth Division at Imperial Bank in Silicon Valley, a venture-banking practice providing secured credit facilities, bridge loans, and acquisition financing to venture capital-backed technology companies.
Mr. Rutter was also active in financing technology startups while working as an Assistant Vice President in the Technology Group at Silicon Valley Bank.
Mr. Rutter received his A.B.
in International Relations from Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA and an M.S.F.S.
in Foreign Service (International Trade & Finance) from the Edmund A.
Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
James B. Rutter active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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West Coast Investment Banking, Inc. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Former positions of James B. Rutter
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Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC
Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC (Silicon Prairie Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by John Micek. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/01/2016 |
Square 1 Bank
Square 1 Bank Regional BanksFinance Square 1 Bank is a state chartered commercial bank. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was founded by Christopher J. Woolley, James B. Rutter, Richard J. Casey, Robert Orr. | Founder | 02/01/2005 |
Imperial Bank (Inglewood, California) | Founder | - |
Comerica Ventures, Inc.
Comerica Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Comerica Ventures, Inc. (Comerica Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Comerica, Inc. founded in 1977. The firm has headquarters in Palo Alto, California. | President | - |
Training of James B. Rutter
Stanford University | Undergraduate Degree |
Georgetown University | Graduate Degree |
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Private companies | 5 |
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Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC
Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC (Silicon Prairie Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by John Micek. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
West Coast Investment Banking, Inc. | |
Square 1 Bank
Square 1 Bank Regional BanksFinance Square 1 Bank is a state chartered commercial bank. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was founded by Christopher J. Woolley, James B. Rutter, Richard J. Casey, Robert Orr. | Finance |
Comerica Ventures, Inc.
Comerica Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Comerica Ventures, Inc. (Comerica Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Comerica, Inc. founded in 1977. The firm has headquarters in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Imperial Bank (Inglewood, California) | Finance |
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